In Silicon Valley, venture capital funding still overwhelmingly favors men. Male investors often don’t fully understand the value of ideas women entrepreneurs pitch them. They throw capital at food delivery service after food delivery service, but ignore ideas that cater to groups they’re not part of. There’s one type of funding, though, where women are outdoing men. According to a new study from consulting firm PWC, women are flat-out better at crowdfunding than men. An
Women are way better than men at crowdfunding, study says
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